Day 12 - Seventeen

Weight status:
Week 1: -13.8 lbs
3/1 -1 lb
3/2 -0.6 lb
3/3 -0.6 lb
3/4 -1.2lbs(17.2 lbs lost total)
Week 1: Inches lost: 10

Seventeen pounds down!  I haven't paid much attention to the numbers since I have been feeling so great. 

Here are 17 facts about the number 17.

1.   It takes 17 muscles to produce a smile.

2.   "17" was the original title of the Beatle's song "I Saw Her Standing There."

3.   There are exactly 17 ways to express 17 as the sum of 1 or more primes. 17 is the only integer which is equal to the number of prime partitions of itself.

4.   17 steps lead up to Sherlock Holmes' residence at 221B Baker Street.

5.   17 is the speed limit of the Turner Turnpike offramp in Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

6.   St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is believed to have died on March 17.

7.   A cow's saliva increases by 17% while grazing.

8.   17 and Apple. There are 17 sets of chromosomes in the apple. Eve was traditionally 17 years of age when she fed Adam the apple. There were 17 different PowerMacs made by Apple computer.

9.   It would take over 17 Earths to equal the mass of Neptune.

10. "At Seventeen" was a hit song for Janis Ian in 1975.

11. Former President Bill Clinton's dog Buddy was killed by a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl.

12. King Tutankhamen was wrapped in 17 cloths.

13. Stegosaurus had 17 bony plates on its back.

14. Friday 17th is unlucky in Italy. This is thought to derive from Roman tomb stones which often included the word VIXI (I lived) as part of the narrative (VI=6 + XI=11 giving 17).

15. The Parthenon is 17 columns long.

16. In the United Kingdom, the minimum driving age for a car or van.

17. 17 is the number of pounds this girl will never see again!